The rest area.
Bei Bei said quietly to Tang Ya beside him, "Xiaoya, this tournament has made me increasingly realize that Yuhao's proposal to the academy back then was right."
Tang Ya paused slightly, but quickly understood. "Bei Bei, do you mean combining soul tools with Soul Masters?"
Bei Bei nodded and spoke with a sigh.
"Over the years, the rapid development of soul tools in the Sun Moon Empire has left traditional Soul Masters at more and more of a disadvantage. The most important reason the Sun Moon Empire has invested so heavily in soul tools, and why its Soul Engineers are so powerful, is that they don't have enough talented Soul Masters! But our academy does, and the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms are all stronger than the Sun Moon Empire in that respect."
"Every Soul Master and every martial soul has its own characteristics, but they also have their shortcomings. Soul tools can make up for those shortcomings. Moreover, the more closely a Soul Master integrates with soul tools, the stronger their overall combat strength becomes. Look at the teams that made it into the Round-Robin Tournament this time. Apart from the already eliminated Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, they're all Soul Master sects, and most of them use at least some soul tools. We certainly aren't the only ones who can see this trend."
"The most important reason the Sun Moon Empire can still suppress the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms through its advantage in soul tools is the gap in top-level combat power. In terms of individual combat strength, a Level 9 Soul Engineer actually has a hard time matching a true nine-ring Titled Douluo. But on a battlefield, it's an entirely different story. The destructive power a Level 9 Soul Engineer can unleash far exceeds